398 



luinallbus iicmiuis et iu summis axillis solitarlis, parvis, 



extus scriccis, limbo erocto Ijrcvi. 



Locus natalis proprius ignotns. Drcgc. No. 7372. 

 Spccimeii scsquidigitalc, ramosissimuin ; ramis lignosis 

 oppositis sparsis subvcrticillatisquc, tcretibus, cinereis, rimo- 

 sis, cicatrisato-tnbciculatis, ultirais miniite pubcrulis ; iuter- 

 nodia 1 — 3 liu. longa. Folia opposita, rarins 4 subvcrti- 

 cillata, patula, scssilia, orali-oblouga, jiitriuque aeqnalitcr 

 attenuata, acntiuscnla, plana, 2 — 3, rarins 4 lin. longa, 

 1 — 2 lin. lata, cnorvia v. subtus obscure 1-nervia, couco- 

 lora, utrinquc pube dcnsa subscriceo-pilosa, snmma saepius 

 cacteris paulo longlora magisqne serlcea. Florcs foliis aequi- 

 longi V. vix longiorcs, extns iibiqne pube albida v. flavcs- 

 cente sericei, tubo apicc vix ampliato demnm snpra gcrmen 

 circnmscisso deciduo, limbi tubo diniidio brevioris 4-fidi 

 lobis oblongis obtusiusculls intus glabris , 2 exterioribns snb- 

 latioribus intus lilacinis , 2 interioribus flavis. AntJierae 8 

 sessiics, superlores 4 exsertae. — Faux tubusqne absque ullo 

 squamarum glandularnmve vestigio! An sqnamae inscctis 

 destructac? Tarnen ilorcs exarainati pcrfecte incoluraes vide- 

 bantur. — Stirps facie et praecipne Acribus admodura acce- 

 dens ad Gnidiam inconspicuain (cfr. iufra), quae tarnen, 

 praeter flores in fauce squamigeros, etiam differt foliis ple- 

 risqne majoribus et magis setoso- quam sericeo-pilosis. 



8. P. spicata, Linn, ßl, snppl. p. 226. Thunb. fl. Cap. 

 p. 75. AVickstr. 1. c. p. 346. 



a) In coUibus argillosis circa Klein Draakenstccn, alt. 

 500 pcd. (III. D. a.) — b) In planitie iuter Promon- 

 tor. Agulhas et Pottberg, infra 400 pcd. alt. (IV. C. a.) 



Speciraina pulclira ( altero fere 2-pedali) cum nostris 

 cultls (a hortulauis quibusdam sub falso noiü'mc StruthtoJac 

 imbricalae datis) omnino convcnientia. 



